Editorial: Autumn Term 2 2020-21

Now that schools are back in the swing of the new way of working, many teachers in Drama & Theatre's network are reporting beginning to feel more at home in the school environment, and there is much to feel positive about – for the most part, our students are back in school, and for the most part, able to work in some collaborative fashion on Drama. The rules are stringent but – see our Secret Teacher on page 10 – common sense is key.

Having said that, nothing is set in stone – and in the past few weeks an apparent second wave of infections in the Covid-19 pandemic has brought alarming warnings of restrictions lasting as long as six months, plus localised rule-tightenings in parts of the country, and always the fear that we might have to work remotely once again.